That Hahnemann rigidly followed the law of similia as it is laid down
in the "Organon" is very certain.

There are some questions, however, regarding Ids modes of practice that
have been in much dispute. The principal points are : Size of the dose.
Did he or did he not alternate remedies ? Did he use auxiliaries ? The
question will be discussed in a separate chapter.

That

Hahnemann
was perfectly satisfied and happy in gay Paris
during the last years of his life is the testimony of every one who knew
him at that time. He himself said as much.

Happiness In

Paris

Ameke

writes that he kept up a constant and affectionate correspondence with his
family in Germany,
who also visited him in Paris.
(Ameke's "History of Homoeopathy," p. 166. )

It has been said that during his residence in

Paris
he was not permitted to receive the visits of his colleagues. That he had
but little intercourse with medical men (Brit.
Jour. of Hom., Vol. XXII., p. 664).

" Their visits, if not absolutely denied, were studiously
discouraged, and his medical converse was almost limited to non-medical
gobemouches, who eagerly swallowed as

Gospel
everything he said and encouraged him in the path of authorizing."

In an article published in an

English
Homoeopathic journal in
1878, (Hom. World,
Vol. 13., p. 348.
) by "A Relative
of the Family,"
the following statements. are made :

"Patients who could not pay the regular physician's fee never saw

Hahnemann,
but only his partner,
Madame Hahnemann,
who managed also to break her husband of his favorite habit of smoking, as
his fashionable patients did not approve of a doctor whose consulting room
gave more evidence of bird's eye than of eau de cologne.

Hahnemann

, when
living in Germany,
used to smoke from morning till night, but when in Paris,
his wife said, Il
faut changer tout cela,
and all was
changed.

She gradually limited him to only one pipe a day, which he had to smoke
in a small corridor of his great mansion.

Only those who know the effects of this comforting weed will be able to
understand the great denial

Hahnemann
imposed upon himself in his eightieth year, when he reduced his allowance
to one pipe a day, so that there should be no obstacle to his amassing a
princely fortune for his wife, a sweet, unselfish creature, who never
parted with a penny to any member of his family."

The English Homoeopathic journals, who chronicled the death of

Madame
Hahnemann, almost
invariably spoke in the same manner of her.

It is duty of the historian to relate facts, not to criticize.

It would seem, however, from certain accounts of the life of the old
physician in

Paris,
that this statement about the tobacco is somewhat overdrawn.

Mrs.

Mowatt
(Helen Berkley)
particularly mentions the long painted pipe, the bowl of which reached
nearly to his knees, that he only removed from his mouth long enough to
welcome that lady to his presence.

Others also write of his smoking constantly. And in regard to the aid
refused by

Madame
Hahnemann to the German
relatives, it may be that she thought that when her husband had divided a
fortune with his children before leaving Germany,
he had fulfilled his duty in the matter.

Albrecht

, however,
also says, that his manner of life was greatly changed at Paris, and that
he was in a great measure compelled to give up the loved tobacco.

It has also been questioned whether

Hahnemann's
second marriage was a benefit to Homoeopathy.

Probably its principles became better known in

Paris
than had the old man remained at Coethen.

Be that as it may, he was happy there, and as he had already given a
lifetime, longer than that usually granted, to the good of mankind, and
had carefully set down in his wonderful books the tenets of his law of
healing, it must be admitted that he was hardly to be blamed if during the
few last years of his life he consulted his own satisfaction and pleasure
even at the expense of his fellow-men.

The old home at

Coethen

Albrecht

says : (Leben
und Wirken," p. 84)

" The friend of

Hahnemann
wishes to know and understand in what manner the master lived. Not in his
hotel in Paris
is it described, but it can be found in his old residence at Coethen.

"The house that

Hahnemann
occupied in Coethen
from 1821 to 1835, yes, even the library in which he wrote his world
renowned work, from the devotion of his youngest daughter Frau
Dr. Louise Mossdorf, is
unchanged.

"It stands in the

Wallstrasse,
bright and beautiful, where from the east and from the west the rays of
light converge and mingle.

"To the right of the street door are to be found three great
windows with dark green shutters, to the left from the repaired side are
two windows. The first story has a stairway with black balusters, with
large round windows, the spacious hall is lighted by one large window, and
a corridor extends the length of the house. The living room on the right
hand and the study on the left contain many precious mementoes of the
departed.

The window of the dwelling-room has a high estrade. In the niche and
window-frame bloom potted plants, opposite to the life-size, half-length
portrait of

Hahnemann
painted in oil by the artist Schopenhauer.

On the secretary stands, under a high glass case, a gilt

Aesculapius,
the same that the admirers of the great man had presented at the Doctor
jubilee, and a portrait
bust modeled by Steinhauser.

The principal wall is adorned by the

Miniature
pictures of different members of the Hahnemann
family taken before the time of the photograph. At the window stands the
ancient harpsichord by whose means Hahnemann
had passed so many pleasant evenings with his family. Behind the parlor
may be found a small sleeping cabinet, whence one reaches a small
conservatory.

" Opposite to this the kitchen is situated. The study is in the
same condition as at the time of

Hahnemann's
departure for Paris.
There still stands his writing-desk with writing materials, pens, etc., a
table clock for which he had great fondness, and which he would wind up
and regulate daily, and the old mended furniture.

Here one sees the fan of white ivory, the wedding present from

Hahnemann's
father to the bride of his son, painted with his own hand. It pictures the
master visiting his first patient, sitting by the bedside giving him
medicine from a spoon, while the expectant wife, recovered, is sitting on
the other side of the family circle. It is a fascinating little example of
his genre painting, and bears a striking resemblance to the original.

"

Hahnemann's
favorite spot was the little garden back of the yard which was paved with
slabs and was shut in by a grated door surrounded by an arbor. The garden
was well tended, and walks divided the small beds, which were encircled
with box bush ; and at the farthest end stood the lower arbor, which was
covered with thick foliage in summer and entwined with ivy, and was the
place where the previously mentioned bust was modeled, and where the
intellectual master gladly and assiduously toiled during the greater
portion of the year, often remained for hours in the morning, received his
patients, ate his breakfast, etc.

At
the present time, only his daughter

Louise,
the widow of Dr. Mossdorf,
occupies the house in companionship with a faithful servant. One of the
most active and energetic of the sisters, Madame
Suss, the mother of a
Homoeopathic physician who settled in London,
died in Coethen,
and was buried in the city cemetery.

"After Dr.

Hahnemann
went to Paris,
there remained, besides Madame
Mossdorf, an elder
sister Charlotte,
who helped to take care of the small household, and guarded the
remembrance of her beloved father as something sacred, until she died in
the spring of 1863, after a short but severe illness.

Habits of life

"

Hahnemann's
routine of daily work was very strictly regulated. The great and learned
man arose at 6 o'clock in summer and at 7 in the winter, drank a few cups
of warm milk, lighted his pipe, and then went to promenade in his garden.

So far as the season of the year permitted it he ate some fruit about
10 o'clock in the forenoon. He went to dinner at 12 o'clock, and usually
ate very strong beef tea, roasted beef, mutton, or venison of every kind,
roasted larks, chickens or doves, and similar food. He was very fond of
roast veal and pork, and a dish in order to be to his taste must be very
sweet.

He did not wish to know of any vegetables besides new beans, cabbage
and spinach, and he gladly used cake instead of bread. At table he drank
some good wine when he had guests ; but his daily drink was sweetened
gose, a kind of mild beer. After eating, he slept an hour on the sofa,
then attended to his patients again until 7 o'clock, at which time he had
supper, which in winter consisted of warm milk, and in summer of gose
(small beer) and bread.

"After supper he promenaded for awhile in his garden both in
summer and in winter. His companion in these recreative walks was usually
a little pet dog, which also kept close by his side when he sat at table.

"After the walk he spent an hour in the sitting-room, and then
went into his office, where he wrote at his books until 11, 12 or I
o'clock, or busied himself with other work.

"When a boy

Hahnemann
wore a queue, short trousers, and shoes with buckles ; and as a physician
he always wore in the house a dark velvet cap, a black silk necktie and
vest, a cassimere dressing gown and long trousers. In summer, cotton
stockings and light wadded slippers, and in winter woolen stockings and
fur boots. When on the street he would be seen with a round hat and
overcoat. Only on holidays did he dress in frock -coat and long trousers,
silk stockings and shoes. In winter he wore a beaver hat, fur coat and
black sealskin boots. People very seldom saw him with silk pocket
handkerchief and gloves.

"He burnt in his room only a tallow light, which he often made use
of to light his pipe, for he smoked a great deal. If he had befouled his
pipe and laid it aside, it would be again cleaned out and refilled. He was
really interested in only one game, that of chess ; and he was
passionately fond of this, though, for lack of time, he very seldom
played.

" He never slept in a room warmed by artificial means. Plainness
and love of order were expressed not only in his handwriting, but also in
the accounts which he kept as a physician. He wrote in a very small and
neat, but plain band, upon small-sized sheets, was very choice in
expression, and therefore often made corrections ; he read and wrote until
an advanced age without spectacles.

"His mental energy was conspicuous, even in the common events of
his everyday life.

"When travelling in

Transylvania
he encountered a lady of high rank at an hotel ; the landlady, in
providing dinner for her guests, neglected
the fire, and in a short -time the whole house was in a blaze.

." Everyone thought of his own safety, no one attending to the
lady ; whose apartments were in the upper story. .

Hahnemann,
thinking of her safety, rushed through the midst of the flames, returned
with the rescued lady, and also saved her heavy trunk. Being satisfied of
her safety, he immediately entered the stage and drove away.

"When he resided in the country at

Lobkowitz,
near Dresden,
a dreadful fire -broke out. Everyone was at a loss what to do.

'Will you follow my advice ?' enquired

Hahnemann,
of those who knew him.

'Willingly, willingly,' they replied.

He now gave instructions, and, although a father. of four children,
encountered all risks ; the fire was very soon extinguished." (

Fischer.
Trans. of " Biographisches Denkmal," p. 92.)

Hahnemann

seems to
have thoroughly understood the ingratitude of patients and the difficulty
of getting money from them after the cure had occurred. He gives in 1826
the following excellent advice to his friend and pupil, Dr.
Ernst Stapf : (Hom.
World, Vol. 24., p. 362.)

"See that you get paid every month, and do not trust to running
accounts to be paid afterwards by an ungrateful world ; for then you will
be cheated !

Accipe
dum dolet.

During many, many years I have never found one who has shown himself
grateful after being cured. But when they have paid you every month, they
cannot demand repayment ; but we have got it, and have done them no harm.
Their ingratitude can then do us no harm. I beg you to let

Gross,
also, read this."

" Only in discussions did he indulge in strong and vigorous
language ; and this was done that the truth might have its whole weight of
effect.

"While in

Leipsic
he had already planned a register of symptoms, that had soon grown to two
folio volumes. They subsequently appeared unsatisfactory to him and he
rewrote, them in a new order and with improvements. He prepared at Coethen
two new folio volumes and did it with the most scrupulous exactness.
Unfortunately these, which would have been an invaluable possession for
science, were taken along with him to Paris,
and cannot be obtained, notwithstanding the fact that Hahnemann
had bequeathed them to his youngest daughter, Madame Mossdorf,
as her property, and had explicitly directed that these two folio volumes
should be returned to the rightful possessor after his death.

Madame

Mélanie
Hahnemann says that
said volumes were burnt up in the Paris
revolution.

But this assertion is very improbable, for the reason that she (

Madame)
had fled to Munich,
to her son-in-law, five weeks before the Paris
insurrection, and she doubtless took the precious legacy with her to her
son-in-law, who was a Homoeopathic physician there."

Dr.

Schweikert,
director of the Homoeopathic hospital at Leipsic,
asked him to present these volumes to that institution. He refused, saying
:

" I gave them to my youngest daughter, I cannot retract my
promise."

Religious faith

"

Hahnemann
inherited from his parents the spirit of benevolence, and exercised it
during his whole life. In his opinion it was sufficient to live for
science, duty and the healing of his fellow-men.

" Hence he hastened to make his discoveries common pro perty ; and
he did not wish to consider his laboriously prepared remedies as secrets
or to sell them at a high price. He preferred to be poor with honor than
to gain wealth through practice. To be sure he made the rich pay him well
for advice and services, but only with the view not only of healing the
poor gratuitously, but also with assisting them with money besides.

"His knowledge was marvellous. He was at home in all sciences,
even in those which have no connection with medicine. Persons could get
information from him about all matters, for though he had not pursued any
one branch of science with special attention yet he had read extensively
upon all of them.

'The man who is truly cultured,' be often said, 'must be well versed in
all positive knowledge. He even should well under stand astronomy.' A
chart of the planetary system hung in his library, and he very gladly
conversed about astronomical matters with his nephew, the

Court
Chancellor Schwabe, whohad an astronomical observatory in his yard.

He was a clever meteorologist and knew something of the science of the
weather. But for this knowledge he was indebted to the hygrometer, the
barometer and thermometer, upon which he was wont to cast his eye both in
the house and in the garden. He was no less learned in geography, and,
therefore, in his library, which embraced scientific works of all kinds,
there was an ample collection of maps.

' Magnetism and mesmerism, both intimately connected with the study of
medicine, were making progress.

Hahnemann

paid
special attention to them, and he occasionally applied both, in attacks of
sickness, with successful results. Until extreme old age Hahnemann
spent a great portion of his leisure time in reading."